Dump-car.



s. n. WRIGHT.

DUMP OAR.

APPLICATION FILED DEO'.6,1912.

Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

Q. 0 Q Q Q Q 00 O HH IW' UNITE r SAMSON ID. WEIGHT, (113 CLEVELAND,OHIO.

DUMP-GAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Get. '27, 1914.

Original application filed February a, 1910, Serial No. 542,932. Dividedand this application filed December 6,1912. Serialll'o.1235,1238.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMSON D. WRIGH a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain nev. and useful Improvements in Dump-Cars, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates generally to dump car and is provided-with a wearstrip engagingthe shoulder formed by the offset thereby producing atight fit to prevent the loss of the fine particles of coke termedbreeze.

The invention may be further briefly summarized as consisting in theconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth in thefollowing description, drawings and claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is an end elevation of a dump carprovided with my invention showing parts in section; Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the mechanism about the door showing the door closed; Fig.3 is a similar view with a portion of the door broken away to show theyshoulder formed by the offset; and Fig. 4 is a detail view of aportion-of the door mechanism showing a modified form of shoulder andwear strip.

In carrying out the invention any preferred form and construction of carmaybe provided with my invention provided it possesses the necessarycharacteristics, but I have shown one form and construction in thedrawings which is very effective in opered to fit snugly into the angleof the oli'set,

thereby forming a tight jointbetween the door and the floor oi thecar.By the a'r.- rangement of the joint with the ofi'set the loss of breezeor small particles of coke is prevented and by the use of the wear stripthis joint may be kept tight from time to time as the particles of-cokecut into the inner corner of the door;

The doors are held shut by suitable latches 10 pivoted upon a shaft 11extending along the underside of the floor, and this shaft is adapted tobe rocked in any suitable manner as by an arm 12 extending beyond theouter edge of the floor. Suitable weighted arms 13 are provided uponthis shaft to throw the latches normally into engagement with the door.

In the modification shown in Fig. 1 the doors 14 are swung on arms 15pivoted upon pins 16 mounted in the car, and these doors are swung uponthese pins so as to close the opening in a chute member 17 forming partof the car body. The floor of the car is pro vided with a similar offsetand the door is provided with a flat wear strip 18 which fits into theangular corner formed by the offset. 2 Having described my inventionflclaim In a dump car, in'combination, suitable trucks, a frame, a carbody having a discharge opening on one side, an inclined floor for suchbody having a ledge along the edge of the floor at-the discharge openingand lower than the same, thereby forming 'a shoulder, a door for closingsaid discharge

